[agshekeloh]

(Disclaimer: I am the author of the linked article.)

NEVER cut your copyeditor and proofreader. NEVER NEVER NEVER.

You still have the responsibility of creating a quality product. You can sell a few buckets of poo, but that market is very small.

Sustained quality is a prerequisite to a writing career.

[carapace]

Seriously.

I was looking at https://www.ingramspark.com/environmental-responsibility and saw this:

> The purpose of print-on-demand book manufacturing, is to reduce our environmental impact.

That misplaced comma is already enough to make me think these folks aren't serious about books (money from books, sure, but not books.)

[Finnucane]

It's basically a vanity publisher operation, so they're not giving you much beyond access to their distribution services.